CAYMAN ISLANDS
1. OVERVIEW
Land-based Heritage
Maritime Heritage
Oral History and Literary Arts
• Performing Arts and Festivals
• Visual Arts, Crafts and Creative Industry
(From Cultual Policy Document)
Most recent focus in Government’s cultural policy/interventions
The government through the Cultural Division and the National Cultural Council is now reviewing the National Cultural Policy with a view towards revising and updating the cultural policy
Barriers to Creative and CulturaI Industries growth and development and
1.2 1.3
• Highest rates of migration in the world (ranked 4th in the world by the CIA’s World Fact Book). This has repercussions on national identity and cultural content and expressions.
There is a lack of legislation for the protection of tangible heritage and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage.
• Several traditional industries and craft forms are in danger of becoming obsolete.
There is no national culture and heritage oversight mechanism for the formal enabling, coordination and support of Cayman Islands’ overall heritage protection and cultural development.
• There is a perception of insufficient fiscal resources afforded to culture and heritage institutions and initiatives.
It is difficult to provide empirical evidence that the creative economuy can generate income and jobs through creative industries.
• Caymanian heritage resources, products and traditional cultural expressions are sometimes misrepresented through uninformed portrayals at tourist venues.
(From Cultural Policy Document)
Cultural Heritage > Cultural Festivals and Events
2. CULTURAL HERITAGE
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Cultural events, festivals and celebrations
Event
Month of the Year
Cayman Islands National Festival of the Arts (Cayfest) February
Poinciana Festival
Red Sky at Night Multicultural Arts Fair February
Taste of Cayman April
Cayman Islands Film Festival (not held since 2018) April
Cayman Carnival Batabano May
Pirates Week Festival November
Rundown November
International Storytelling Festival - GIMISTORY
November/ December
3. VENUES & INSTITUTIONS
4. POLICY & GOVERNANCE
Cooperation and/or contribution agreements
1. The following conventions, charters and agreements ratified by the United Kingdom are either extended to, being reviewed by, or in the process of being extended to the Cayman Islands:
2. Convention concerning the International Exchange of Publications
3. Agreement on the importation of education, scientific and cultural materials
4. Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
5. Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage
6. Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
7. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
8. Recommendation on the Status of the Artist
9. Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
10. Convention for the Protection and Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions
11. Universal Copyright Convention
12. Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works
13. Copyright Treaties
14. Convention for the protection of producers of phonograms against unauthorised duplication of their phonograms
Collaborations with international, intergovernmental, and/or multilateral organizations or institutions
1. Caribbean Heritage Network
2. Institution of International Education Foreign and Commonwealth Office
3. The British Council
4. International Council of Museums
5. International Council on Monuments and Sites
6. International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies
7. International Institute for Conservation
8. International Organisation of Trusts
9. Museums Association of the Caribbean
10. UNESCO
11. UNDP
Regional
Action plans, work plans, strategies
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Governing Bodies
1. Ministry of Health, Environment, Culture and Housing
2. National Trust for the Cayman Islands
3. Cayman Islands Film Commission
4. National Gallery of the Cayman Islands
5. Cayman Islands National Museum
6. Cayman National Cultural Foundation
7. The Tourism Attractions Board
Interministerial Cooperation
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Policies, plans, strategies, programs
The 2017 Cultural Policy outlines 7 Policy Directions:
1. Ease of access to, and the right to take part in, cultural life in all forms of cultural expressions and activities, for every individual
2. Effective and sustainable participatory governance from district to national levels.
3. Creating and harmonising effective legislative frameworks for the identification, protection, preservation and management of our cultural heritage.
4. Developing education, research and human resources to encourage awareness, innovation and professional development in the fields of culture and heritage.
5. Ensuring the place of culture and heritage in development
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Cayman Islands Constitution Order (2009 Revision) Cayman National Cultural Foundation Law (2013 Revision) Cooperation and/or contribution agreements
6. Promotion of status of the artist and freedom of cultural expression.
7. Enhancing the role of culture and heritage in social and economic development agendas.
National Cultural Policy 2017
Abandoned Wreck Law (1997 Revision)
Cinematograph Law (2009 Revision)
Cinematograph Rules (2013 Revision)
Coat of Arms, Flag and Naational Song Law (2005 Revision)
Development and Planning Laaw (2015 Revision)
Development and Planning Regulationns (2013 Revision)
Development and Planninng (Tree Preservation Orders) Regulations (2015 Revision)
Education Law (2016 Revision)
Institute of Caymanian Heritage Law (1991) 11
Museum Law (1999 Revision)
Music and Dancing (Control) Law (2012 Revision)
National Conservation Law, 2013
National Gallery Law (1999 Revision)
National Heroes Law (1998 Revision)
National Honours and Awards Law
National Trust Law (2010 Revision)
National Trust Bye-Laws (2015 Revision)
Penal Code and Penal Code Prohibited Publications Order (1998 Revision)
Port Authority Law (1999 Revision)
Public Library Law (1998 Revision)
University College Law (2012)
Wreck and Salvage Law (1996)
IFCD Receipts
Policies for protection/improvement of status of artists
• The 2017 National Cultural Policy acknowledges that, “the protection of the rights of the artist to explore the imagination and ability to produce creative work requires a supportive and enabling environment, which has not been formalised in the Cayman Islands. As such, the policy outlines seven strategic aims for its policy direction on promotion of the status of the artist and freedom of cultural expression.
• Enshrine the rights of freedom of cultural expression in keeping with the Constitution and laws of the Cayman Islands
• Generate and promulgate a statement on the Status of the Artist
• Create a national database of Artists and cultural heritage workers in the Cayman Islands and the diaspora.
Provide assistance to Artists to enable their potentiall access to social serivces, healthcare and training opportunnities with the appropriate Government agencies.
Review intellectual property rights and copyright legislation to ensure protection of those rights of the Artist.
Encourage greater scope for international artistic exchange, including Caymandian artists’ tenures, residencies and tours in the international arena, and hossting visiting artists locally.
Heightening public awareness and appreciation of the contributions artists make to society.
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Improving the status of artists
1. Copyright Order, 2015 and Copyright (Amendment) Order, 2016 2. Patent and Trademarks Law, 2011
Patent and Trademarks Regulations, 2012 1. Cayman National Cultural Foundation Research Library
Poinciana Archives (in progress) 4.4 4.5 Copyright provisions and intellectual property protections Statistical offices, platforms and sources for cultural data
FINANCING
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SOURCE PURPOSE TYPE
National Cultural Foundation Grants, Training, Artist Development
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Tax Incentives
The Government of the Cayman Islands launched Cayman Enterprise City (CEC), a technology-based Special Economic Zone. The goal is to attract companies involved in activities related to the Internet, technology, commodities and derivatives, media, and biotechnology. Exemptions will apply to companies’ income, corporate, and capital gains taxes for 50 years. Additionally, foreign companies will not be subject to ownership restrictions and will benefit from tax exemptions on the repatriation of capital and profits, reduced fees for work permits, and exemptions from import duties for capital goods. Applicable to the following industries: publishing, audiovisual and broadcasting activities, Telecommunications, Computer programming.
6. ECONOMICS & TRADE
1. Cayman Islands National Cultural Foundation
2. Cayman Islands Folk Singers
3. Cayman Islands National Dance Company
4. Cayman National Choir
5. Cayman National Orchestra
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Imports Trade Balance
Trade Performance by Product
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Art
Audiovisuals
Design
New
Performing arts
Publishing
Imports,
Publishing
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7. EDUCATION & TRAINING
Data
Data
8. CULTURAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Cultural Entrepreneurship Initiatives
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Programmes to support job creation in CCI Agencies
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Programmes for youth employment or women’s empowerment in the Cultural and Creative Sectors
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9. ADVOCACY
Visual Art Society
Cayman Writer’s Circle
Cayman Drama Society
Cayman Islands Folk Singers
Cayman Islands Poetry Festival
Cayman Islands Traditional Arts Council
Cayman Islands Visual Arts Society
Cayman Music and Entertainment Association
Cayman Music Collective
Cayman Islands national Festival of the Arts
Poinciana
Koalition Dance
Cayman Traditional Arts
Cayman Islands Fashion Week
Cayman International Film Festival
Cayman Book Fair
Cayman Carnival Batabano
Main advocacy goals and positions
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Training in communication, advocacy, fundraising
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Mechanisms for dialog between government and civil society organisations
There is a Cabinet-appointed Culture and Heritage Policy Sterring Committee. This committee is responsible for identifying and selecting stakeholder groups for consultation meetings with decision makers across sectors. Stakeholder Consultations were held in the drafting of the national cultural policy. The process draws on the tools developed by UNESCO for cultural policy.
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Information for these profiles was sourced from publicly available documents and data sets including the UNESCO Quadrennial Report, national budgets, national cultural policy plans, local media sources and others. Additional information was obtained via surveys of regional cultural industry practitioners and stakeholders, which were conducted for this project. Further information was sourced from ‘Research conducted for the CARICOM Secretariat in relation to the Consultancy to prepare the Regional Strategic Plan for Cultural and Entertainment Services/Cultural Industries in CARIFORUM States (2016-2018), with financing from the European Union 10th European Development Fund, provided courtesy of CARICOM.